DMNSF – Roots of the Conflict in Gaza – Sept. 13

In this presentation of the forum Professors Benjamin M. Schneider and Brian L. Steed from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Department of Military History will discuss the historical roots of the conflict in Gaza, including the European origins of Israel-Palestine, events between 1948 and 1973, and the keys to understanding the players and factors influencing the current conflict on land and sea across and around the Middle East.

Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Brian L. Steed served more than 28 years in a military uniform in artillery and cavalry units and as a Middle East foreign area officer. As a foreign area officer, he served in the Jordanian Armed Forces where he was a battalion deputy commander and as a liaison with the Israel Defense Forces giving him immersed cultural experiences on both banks of the Jordan River. He served repeatedly in Iraq, worked in Embassy Abu Dhabi, and traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Steed has authored and edited nine books dealing with cross-cultural influence and Middle East conflict and history. He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science and History from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and is an associate professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Benjamin M. Schneider is an assistant professor in the Department of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He received his Ph.D. from George Mason University in 2019 and has conducted fellowships with the U.S. Army Center of Military History and the Harry F. Guggenheim Foundation. His research has appeared in the Journal of Contemporary History and War in History. He was a post-doctoral fellow in the Strategy and Policy Department at the U.S. Naval War College, and is currently working on a book manuscript, tentatively titled To Hate and Kill: American War Crimes and the Failure of Military Justice in the Second World War.

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